Railway-tie



A. BERNIER.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLiCATION FILED NOV, 19, I920.

Patented June21, 1921.

IN VEN TOR a/fiww PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHIME IBERNIER, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1921.

Application filed November 19, 1920. Serial No. 425,225.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTI-IIME BERNIER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residin at 519 Mount Royal avenue, in the city and District of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Railway-Ties, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to railway ties as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel form of metal frame in relation to the wooden sleepers supporting the rails whereby a reliable road bed is assured.

The objects of the invention are to replace the all-wooden ties in view of the growing scarcity of timber; to improve the road beds in railway lines and thereby add comfort and safety to the lot of the passengers traveling thereon, as well as avoiding loss of property through accident due to the inefficiencies of wooden ties; and generallv to provide a tie that will be durable and economical in regard to maintenance.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the tie showing fragmentary pieces of rail mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line A-B in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the wooden sleeper.

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail showing a receptacle at one end for the wooden sleeper and the tie bar broken away.

Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe sleeper receptacle at on end showing the tie bar broken away.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, the frame constituting the tie bar and sleeper receptacles is preferably made in one casting and it comprises the central portion formed in the shape of inverted T-bar 1, which at each end flares outwardly atQ and upwardly at 3; the upward flare 3 merges into the end walls a, and likewise the outward flares 2, the latter at the bottom of the endr-walls, and the former at the top of the end walls, these end walls rbeing comparatively low portions of the sleeper receptacles. The side walls 5 of the sleeper receptacles are formed with the deep slots 6 and the bolt holes 7 and these side walls extend upwardly for a considerable distance above the end walls 4: and down to the lower end of said walls, joining the bottom 8 of the sleeper receptacles and converging upwardly from said bottom slightly. The longitudinal parallel openings 9 extend through the bottom 8 and form drain openings for the expulsion of any watercollecting in the said receptacles. The sleepers 10 ar of wood and in cross section the s de wallsconverge correspondingly to the slde walls 5 o-fthe sleeper receptacles in order that the said sleepers may slide into said receptacles in the outer ends. The bolt holes 11 in said sleepers register with the bolt holes 7 in the sleeper receptacles, the bolts 12 securing said sleepers in said receptacles. The rails 13 are mounted on the sleeper blocks 10 and are held by the spikes 1a driven into the wooden blocks forming the sleepers.

It will be thus seen that the rails 13 are supported on wooden foundations which insure easy riding and comparatively cheap maintenance and economical construction.

The sleeper receptacles are so formed that the effect of rust and general deterioration due to continuous damp weather is minimized, as the water naturally drains out and very little at any time can remain in, for the side walls are cut down very low, and also the end walls, besides the drain openings in the bottom of the receptacles insure expulsion of all water collecting therein.

What I claim is:

A railway tie, a T-bar terminating in cross walls slightly higher and slightly broader than the T-sections and integral with bottom and converging side walls all of metal, said side walls having curved slots from the upper side reducing the central depth of said side walls to approximately the height of said cross walls, wooden blocks inserted from the outer ends of said side walls therebetween and abutting the cross walls and flush with the top of the wing or end portions of the side walls and bolts inserted through said side walls and through said blocks at each side of the central slots in the side walls and securing the said wooden blocks rigidly between said side walls, said bottom having longitudinal drain openings therethrough.

Signed at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this 27th day of October 1920.

ANTHIME BERNIER. 

